My Cincinnati Brewery Rankings

While I’ve traveled near and far, I’ve recently been on a mission to hit up the hometown breweries. There’s a bunch of Cincinnati breweries I hadn’t been to in a while so I decided to do my due diligence and stop by a few to make sure my rankings were solid.

While these could these be even more thoroughly vetted, here’s my list as of today:

MadTree Brewing

Braxton Brewing

Streetside Brewery

Rhinegeist Brewery

Woodburn Brewery

Rivertown Brewery

Nine Giant Brewing

Brink Brewing Co.

Blank Slate Brewing

Urban Artifact

Narrow Path Brewing

Taft’s Ale House

Listermann’s Brewery

Fifty West Brewing

Municipal Brew Works

Darkness Brewing

Fibonacci Brewing

Mt. Caramel Brewing

Christian Moerlein Brewing

Bad Tom Smith Brewing

Wooden Cask Brewing

DogBerry Brewing

March First Brewing

Hofbrahaus (in the event that counts)

Figleaf Brewing

My top five often fluctuate amongst themselves, however I listed MadTree as number one as they tend to have a large variety and try new things, while also distributing, maintaining a huge facility and have an ongoing outstanding quality of beer.

I debated between Braxton and Streetside for spot 2 and I may change my mind by tomorrow even, but I put Braxton at two since they recently opened Labs and I dig that initiative.

I could see a lot of the newer guys, like Nine Giant or Brink, climbing in the ranks as they evolve. I’m actually curious to see what my rankings will look like in a few months as breweries are trying new things or my preferences change.

Obviously this is my opinion and subject to the styles I like (more experimentals, IPAs, sours, etc. versus lagers or kolsch) so I know most will not agree with this list. Also, with all the new breweries, this is not a complete list (Queen City and West Side coming soon!). Feel free to share any others I’m missing.

Let’s get the conversation going- what are your fave Cincy breweries ranked?